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From: MINSKY@MIT-OZ@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: SPACE Digest V3 #180
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Date: Tue, 9-Aug-83 17:54:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  9 17:54:00 1983
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As for lasering people from space, it is ny impression that the
current vague proposals for missile destroying space-based beam
weapons depend on exploding small nuclear devices to excite the
lasers.  Such weapons are expensive and non-reusable, and can't be
used frivolously, since such uses would start wars.  I suppose,
though, that there are other proposals around by now.